- Date
- January 29, 1974
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77WCAero Comdr 680F
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740129001989A
- Case key
- 186802
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0516 74/1/29 MILWAUKEE,WIS AERO COMDR 680F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0925 N77WC PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 40, 11300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL MITCHELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH BEND,IND MILWAUKEE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 29 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- AIRFRAME ICE,LANDED HARD,NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED,SWERVED INTO RUNWAY LIGHTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77WC
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- General Mitchell
N77WCRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Aero Commander 680-FAirframe modelAero Commander 680-FEngine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.